There are two general theories of punishment: utilitarian and retributive. In the utilitarian theory of punishment‚ punishment is sought to discourage future occurrences of crime‚ while in the retributive theory‚ punishment is handed out because the offender deserves to be punished. Laws are used under the utilitarian philosophy specifically to maximize the overall peace of society. Because crimes and the punishment that follows are both adversaries to that peace‚ they should be kept to a minimum
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used as the biggest punishment way for centuries. There were big kingdoms all over the world and their most brutal punishment way was the death penalty. For example‚ in the British Empire the common way was hanging‚ in French it was guillotine. This way of punishment is very brutal and barbaric because killing is an inhuman action and we cannot kill someone because of his/her crime. The common idea between the societies is the death penalty shouldn’t be the way of punishment. As communities begin
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Humans become Human? A Utilitarian Approach to Abortion The topic of abortion is possibly one of the more controversial topics in the bioethical world today. The major disputes regarding abortion occur over when‚ if at all‚ a foetus is considered a human being. Conversely‚ there is equal dispute over when exactly one could consider a foetus non-human‚ and whether or not that affects the morality of abortion as a whole. If we approach the topic of abortion through a utilitarian lens‚ the solution may
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are few policies that produce as much debate‚ controversy and emotion in this country as the death penalty. Capital punishment has been around in this country since colonial times when people were killed for practicing witchcraft and today the death penalty is legal in 31 states. Since 1976‚ 1414 people have been executed in the U.S. (deathpenaltyinfo.org). People who favor capital punishment believe that if someone brutally take’s another person’s life then they should lose their own right to life
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medway. River missed with seawater‚Wet lots of trees‚Graveyard‚ all are dark and strong words. 2. What does Dickens’ description of the first convict tell us about him? That he is scared and is a convict. 3. What is surprising about the narrative point-of- view Dickens has adopted? He says it not like how it happend but how it was in is mind. 4. How does Dickens contrast the convict and Pip? Pip is little‚ shy and doesn’t think clearly. The convict is hesitant and worried. 5. But in what ways are
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Kantian and Utilitarian Theories Kantian and Utilitarian Theories Applying philosophical concepts to social issues can test the relevance of philosophy in contemporary society. Such application may also help to resolve present-day social issues‚ as philosophy can draw light on moral concerns. In this paper‚ the Kantian and Utilitarian moral theories are applied to the Nestle advertising controversy which began in 1970‚ and which lingers
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a first person point of view‚ with narration by Scout. She tells what she saw‚ heard‚ and felt at the time‚ as well as interjecting her retrospective considerations on what happened. This has charmed millions of readers because of the juxtaposition of her young and naïve self as opposed to her now experienced and cynical personality. 2. The plot introduced in the first paragraph was that Jem broke his elbow when he was almost thirteen. The story has a first person point of view‚ with narration
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If a child commits a serious crime like murder‚ robbery‚ or arson‚ should they go to jail? For some time now‚ supreme courts point out that some juveniles who commit crimes should not go to jail. Others would argue otherwise. Someone who views an act of crime as simply an act of crime would agree that a child who commits a crime would not be a child anymore. The Supreme Court defends the juveniles attempting to justify their actions as naïve like‚ and that sentencing them to a life sentence without
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consequences of committing crime. Punishment has always been imposed based on the idea that it will deter individuals from committing crime or repeating criminal acts. Incapacitation has been the most common form of punishment‚ however research demonstrates that recidivism amongst convicted felons following release from prison is as high as 63% and that most prison inmates had arrest records and convictions prior to their current offense. (Bureau of Justice Statistics‚ 1989) Punishment through incarceration
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Capital punishment was wide spread in Puritan Boston. Although the Bible was a moral guide‚ societies were swarmed with crimes and sins. The punishments included severe whipping‚ imprisonment‚ slitting nostrils‚ and public execution on scaffold(“Puritan”). In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ although the two main characters‚ Hester and Dimmesdale are guilty of the similar sins‚ they experience different punishments and outcomes. Hester and Dimmesdale differ in sins they commit. It is clear
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